Development PC(s) and Network - Introduction
Within the Development PC(s) and Network Section:
- The software I use for development →
- Computer Hardware - Current Systems (2014 - Present) →
- Computer Hardware - Previous Systems (1998 - 2014) →
- Computer Hardware - Historic Systems (Pre-BVE: 1994 - 1998) →
- Office/Lab (2018 - Present)→
- Server Setup (2016 - Present) →
Software and Development
The software I use for development, present and past
Last updated: 10th April 2019
Here you can find out what software packages and programs I use for development both now and in the past. More [...]
Computer Hardware - Current Systems
The Core i7 4770K system (2014 - Present)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This is my current main development system, a quad core (8 thread) Intel Core i7 4770K (3.5GHz) system with 16GB of 1866MHz DDR3-SDRAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti graphics card, running Windows 10 Professional. More [...]
The Mac Pro (Late 2013) system (2014 - Present)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This is my second main development system, a late 2013 Mac Pro with a quad core (8 thread) Intel Xeon E5 (3.7GHz) processor, 12GB of 1866MHz DDR3-SDRAM and dual AMD FirePro D300 graphics cards, running macOS Mojave (10.14.1). More [...]
The Core 2 Quad Q9650 system (2009 - Present)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This was an earlier main development system, a quad core (4 thread) Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (3.0GHz) system with 4GB of 800MHz DDR2-SDRAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Ti graphics card, running Windows 7 Home Premium. It now runs Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and is used as a server and CCTV administration workstation. More [...]
Computer Hardware - Previous Systems
The Celeron E3300 system (2010 - 2014)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This was an earlier second development system, with a dual core (2 thread) Intel Celeron E3300 (2.5GHz) processor, 2GB of 800MHz DDR2-SDRAM and integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA X4500), running Windows 7 Home Premium. More [...]
The Athlon 64 X2 4200+ system (2009 - 2014)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This is my second main development system, with a quad core (8 thread) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.21GHz) processor, 2GB of 800MHz DDR2-SDRAM and ATi Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics card, running Windows XP Home Edition. More [...]
The Athlon XP 2400+ system (2003 - 2012)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This was another earlier main development system, with a single core (1 thread) AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0GHz) processor, 1GB of 266MHz DDR-SDRAM and NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT graphics card, running Windows XP Home Edition. More [...]
The Athlon Thunderbird 1.2GHz system (2001 - 2003)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This was an early main development system, with a single core (1 thread) AMD Athlon Thunderbird (1.2GHz) processor, 256MB of 266MHz DDR-SDRAM and NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 graphics card, running Windows 98 Second Edition. More [...]
The Pentium II 400MHz system (1998 - 2001)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This was an early main development system, with a single core (1 thread) Intel Pentium II (400MHz) processor, 128MB of 100MHz DDR-SDRAM and 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP graphics card, running Windows 98 Second Edition. More [...]
Computer Hardware - Historic Systems (Pre-BVE)
The Pentium 100MHz system (1996 - 1998)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This was my second ever PC and first custom-built system, with a single core (1 thread) Intel Pentium 100MHz processor, 16MB (4x 4MB SIMMs) and Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI/Orchid Righteous3D (3dfx Voodoo I) graphics cards, running Windows 95. More [...]
The i486 SX2 50MHz system (1994 - 1996)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
This was my first ever PC and an off-the-shelf pre-built system, with a single core (1 thread) Intel i486 SX2 50MHz processor, 4MB (socketed on the motherboard) and Cirrus Logic graphics chip, running Windows 3.11 For Workgroups. More [...]
Office/Lab
Where the magic happens - development office (2018 - Present)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
Here you can find out about my development office/testing lab where I have my development PC(s), and where I've built a 42U rack server for webhosting, development, CCTV and security. More [...]
Server Setup
The server setup (2016 - Present)
Last updated: 10th April 2019
Find out more about my 42U 19" rack server setup, with various network appliances, Xeon server hardware, NAS, KVM, 1GbE and 10GbE capability, CCTV administration and more blinkenlights goodness. More [...]